Notable Features

Consolodation of three desktop applications into a single online service.

In 2006 the Local Search Association (then called the Yellow Pages Association) asked SageKey for help in designing a web based application that would merge three separate desktop applications.

Working closely with LSA developers and staff, SageKey Software and the Local Search Association came up with CO-OP ONLINE. The completed project accomplished several objectives.

A centralized location where CMRs could search for and find information on co-op programs available to their clients.

A central and easy to maintain place where LSA staff could add and edit co-op program information.

A repository for authorized images that can be used in Yellow Pages co-op advertising.

The ability to generate the bi-annual co-op advertisers handbook from the live data.

CO-OP ONLINE is a paid subscription service provided by the Local Search Association and access to most of the site requires a password. The entry to the site can be viewed at cooponline.localsearchassociation.org

Online service simplifying the process of managing thousands of advert directories.

The Local Search Association is the central distrubutor of directory information for its members. In order to facilitate this across more than 8,500 published directories, each directory must have its own unique directory code. In the past, this would involve either calling the association directly, or filling out a paper form and faxing it to them for processing.

When the LSA approached SageKey about automating the process, we were more than happy to help!

Working with LSA programmers and staff SageKey developed a helpful and easy to use online form, simplifying the process for everyone involved. The website then emailed the standardized, completed form to LSA staff where it could be verified and entered into the LSA IRIS system. Codes were also embedded into the emailed form that would allow either LSA staff, or the company that created the request, to return to the site and make any changes or continue filling out missing information.

Notable Features

Local Search Association is a web service providing access to indexed Yellow Pages advertisement data.

SageKey was hired in 2010 by the Local Search Association (formerly Yellow Pages Association) to expand the existing Yellow Pages Indexing system into a more robust system that could handle an increased workload, higher throughput and expanded reporting. Local Search Association had a vision of giving its member clients and CMRs the ability to design their own in-house tools around IRIS ONLINE headings data.

SageKey designed a multi-level web service that interfaces not only with LSA subscribers but a central repository of Yellow Pages directories. This allows clients to request any one of over fifteen million headings, which can then be show to their clients. This system replaces an old and very time and resource intensive practice of an employee physically tearing a page from a Yellow Pages directory so it could then be sent to a client. This is why LSA Web Services are commonly referred to as “The Tear Pages Service”.

Over the course of the next year, the project’s scope continued to expand right up to the release. In the end, SageKey delivered a multifaceted product consisting of two websites, four windows applications and a dozen windows services.

Robert ZinkDirector

Twelve years ago I stumbled upon a small vendor on the web. Today we no longer have a vendor, but a strategic partner in all of our development efforts. With projects ranging from simple installation scripts to industry wide web-based applications, SageKey has exceeded our expectations in every instance. Working with SageKey is not something that can be described; it is something that must be experienced.

In 2004 the Local Search Association (then called the Yellow Pages Association) asked SageKey to build a complex ASP.Net web-based application with the same functionality as their existing desktop application. Both the timeframe and budget for the project were tight.

SageKey put a three-person team on the project and delivered on time and on budget. The application was presented at a national convention a week later to rave reviews.

The web application was built using asp.Net with a SQL Server backend and gives users access to terabytes worth of current and historical Yellow Pages data and files.

Over the years the application has had a lot more functionality added and has gone through several revisions and versions. It now far surpasses the original application in every way.

IRIS ONLINE is a paid subscription service provided by the Local Search Association and access to most of the site requires a password. The entry to the site can be viewed at irisonline.localsearchassociation.org

SageKey was hired by the Neurovascular Research Foundation to develop a custom patient registry used to monitor and assess the effectiveness of several types of stroke treatments and techniques. They had been using an off-the-shelf registry solution for several years; however, they decided they needed a custom solution after being repeatedly limited by poor data validation and inadequate customization.

The software we developed allows accurate, validated data to be collected without over burdening the end user. The built in benchmarking provides immediate results to the end users and registry administrators. The software was developed to be HIPAA compliant and all patient related data is encrypted to protect the privacy of the patients.

Company Information

SageKey Software is located in beautiful British Columbia set against the backdrop of the rolling hills of the wineries that call the Okanagan Valley their home. We work on projects from all over and we pride ourselves on being able to work closely with every single one of our clients.